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Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper

Leisure: The Basis of Culture Josef Pieper ebook
ISBN: 9781586172565
Page: 145
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Format: pdf

In Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas says “The essence of virtue consists in the good rather than in the difficult. LeisureThe Basis of CultureJosef PieperIntroduction by Roger ScrutonNew translation by Gerald MalsbaryST. It just fell out this way the past few months. €�I came across a philosophical book, 'Leisure, the Basis of Culture' by Joseph Pieper and realized that very little literature about leisure had been written from a distinctly Christian perspective,” said Hothem. Josef Pieper advocated that leisure must be seen again as the true basis of culture. A quote from Joseph Pieper's Leisure the Basis of Culture (p11-12) was helpful to me here: 'The medievals distinguished between the intellect as ratio and the intellect as intellectus. In fact, as modern German philosopher Josef Pieper explained, leisure has been, and always will be, the first foundation of any culture. I finally finished, last week, Josef Pieper's Leisure, The Basis of Culture. Leisure truly is the Basis of Culture. His essay Leisure, The Basis of Culture is great! You need to read "Leisure the Basis of Culture" by Joseph Pieper. If this site has been woefully lagging in posts, it is not because I am doing a study on what happens to people who have no leisure. I have decided to lead a reading/discussion group on Pieper's sixty page essay, Leisure: The Basis of Culture this fall semester at the Catholic Center as part of our faith formation opportunities. AUGUSTINES PRESSSouth Bend, Indiana1998 Pieper - Leisure Basis of Culture. It took me about as long to get through those 175 pages as it did to get through 700 of Ancient History.